EP 1229944 A2 20020814 - MEDICAL ARTICLE WITH A DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON COATING
Title (en)
MEDICAL ARTICLE WITH A DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON COATING
Title (de)
MEDIZINISCHE ARBEITSMITTEL MIT DIAMANTARTIGEN KOHLENSTOFFBESCHICHTUNGEN
Title (fr)
ARTICLE MEDICAL MUNI D'UN POLYMERE REVETU DE CARBONE DE TYPE DIAMANT
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0041968 W 20001108
- US 43716799 A 19991110
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0143790A2] Implantable vascular devices and implantable cardiovascular devices suitable for contacting a patient's blood or bodily fluids include a polymer substrate that is at least partly coated with a diamond-like carbon coating. The diamond-like carbon coated polymer substrate can be flexible or rigid. Preferred medical devices include heart valve prostheses with leaflets or orifice rings formed from diamond-like carbon coated polymer materials. Preferred approaches for the deposition of the diamond-like carbon coating are performed at low pressures and include ion beam assisted deposition.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61L 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61L 33/025 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 977/89 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0143790A2
Citation (examination)
- English translation of JP 59 192366
- English traduction of JP 60 135062
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0143790 A2 20010621; WO 0143790 A3 20020502; EP 1229944 A2 20020814; US 6761736 B1 20040713
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0041968 W 20001108; EP 00992999 A 20001108; US 43716799 A 19991110